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John Denny

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 185lb (190cm, 83kg)

Born: November 8, 1952 in Prescott, AZ us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 29th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Prescott HS (Prescott, AZ).

High School: Prescott HS (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: September 12, 1974 (Age 21-308d, 13,574th in major league history)
vs. NYM 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 18, 1986 (Age 33-283d)
vs. SDP 8.2 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Richie Bry

Full Name: John Allen Denny

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

32.2

123

108

ERA

3.59

325

322

2148.2

1146

WHIP

1.336

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-8 / in Starts: 11-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	164	2	Apr 12	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.2	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	4.70	4.95	31	12	11	0	2	3	48			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	.66	-0.145	.43	-0.06%	-0.61	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d3
2	165	7	Apr 20	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-2	GS-8	W(1-1)	7	8.0	6	2	0	3	3	0	0	2.30	3.94	31	17	2	1	0	6	66			0	0	1	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.27	0.134	.76	0.05%	1.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	166	13	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	W(2-1)	10	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.19	3.74	33	13	5	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	.50	0.213	.43	0.11%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
4	167	18	May 8	CLE	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS-8		6	7.2	12	7	5	7	6	0	0	3.06	3.74	42	15	4	1	0	10	30			1	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.02	-0.829	.89	-0.44%	-3.90	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out d2
5	168	23	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-11		4	11.0	7	3	2	5	6	0	0	2.70	3.52	45	20	7	0	0	7	74			2	0	0	39	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.57	0.405	1.51	0.23%	1.85	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
6	169	28	May 18	CLE		CAL	L,2-7	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	7.1	7	4	4	5	5	0	1	3.02	3.55	32	12	4	1	0	5	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	3	1	0	1.24	-0.224	1.25	-0.14%	-1.54	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d3
7	170	34	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	9	5	4	4	3	2	0	3.17	3.94	39	18	7	0	1	7	50			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	1	.17	0.014	.17	0.01%	-0.99	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	171	52	Aug 11(1)	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	GS-6	L(3-3)	78	5.1	10	5	5	1	5	2	1	3.60	4.17	26	7	2	1	0	10	32			0	0	0	24	4	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.374	1.09	-0.25%	-2.78	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
9	172	57	Aug 15	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	GS-4	L(3-4)	3	3.2	7	5	4	4	2	0	0	3.93	4.20	21	7	2	1	0	6	27			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.50	-0.424	.72	-0.12%	-3.61	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
10	173	61	Aug 19	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	7	3	3	5	5	0	0	3.93	4.12	32	11	4	0	0	7	51			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	-0.227	.51	-0.06%	-0.31	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out tie
11	174	65	Aug 23	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(4-4)	3	7.0	3	3	1	4	3	0	1	3.70	4.10	30	13	6	0	0	3	62			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.041	.23	0.01%	-0.19	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a4
12	175	69	Aug 28	CLE		SEA	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-4)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.34	3.92	35	14	6	0	0	6	78			1	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.69	0.651	.72	0.17%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	176	73	Sep 2(1)	CLE		OAK	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.04	3.76	33	15	2	0	0	4	83			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.14	0.513	.58	0.16%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	177	78	Sep 6	CLE		CAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.79	3.62	31	16	3	0	1	2	85			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.07	0.547	.72	0.22%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	178	82	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(8-4)	3	7.2	5	1	1	4	10	0	0	2.68	3.49	30	8	3	1	0	5	71			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.370	.78	0.17%	2.42	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
16	179	88	Sep 18	CLE		DET	W,8-4	GS-8	W(9-4)	7	8.0	9	4	4	3	4	0	0	2.80	3.44	37	18	3	1	0	9	49			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.07	0.106	.07	0.00%	-0.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
17	180	93	Sep 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	GS-4	L(9-5)	4	3.1	10	6	6	3	3	1	0	3.15	3.54	22	3	3	0	0	10	16			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.327	.01	0.00%	-4.45	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d5
18	181	99	Sep 29	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(10-5)	5	9.0	9	2	1	3	5	0	0	3.01	3.47	38	15	6	1	1	9	65			2	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.474	.00	0.00%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	182	102	Oct 4	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	GS-9	L(10-6)	4	8.0	12	5	5	0	5	2	0	3.15	3.53	35	12	18	10	1	0	43			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d2
							11-8		W-L:10-6	4.3	145.2	139	62	51	66	94	9	3	3.15	3.53	623	2.51		5%	2%	116	55		---%	7	5	1	547	24	0	3	24	5	8	1.07	0.771	.58	0.07%	2.49

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